Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service Event
On 2010/02/01 03:54, James Cook wrote: > Of course. *BUT* Because the intended use is not apparent to me, I > want to get a better understanding before going and and making such > changes. I don't feel I have enough information and/or experience with > Legacy to make the determination as to when and if I should right now, > and am looking for more than the 'it depends' answers that seem to cover > any question one could ask about Legacy. If you or anyone else have any > input that would help a newbie make informed decisions, I'd be grateful. Okay! All I can really suggest is that you keep at least two family files. One, your master one, is where you keep all your data. The other, a sandbox, with which you experiment and play. The supplied Sample database is perfectly adequate for this, but you may be more comfortable using a subset of your data in the sandbox. The sandbox then allows you to try selecting various options and experimenting with things like you asked about, without affecting your main family file. You should also keep a backup of your sandbox, so that you can return to a 'known' state when your experimentation and playing around has left the file in an unwanted state. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service Event
Of course. *BUT* Because the intended use is not apparent to me, I want to get a better understanding before going and and making such changes. I don't feel I have enough information and/or experience with Legacy to make the determination as to when and if I should right now, and am looking for more than the 'it depends' answers that seem to cover any question one could ask about Legacy. If you or anyone else have any input that would help a newbie make informed decisions, I'd be grateful. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mike Fry wrote: > > Legacy is all things to all people! There's no reason why you have to > use the standard, out-of-the-box sentence structure for any single event > or group of events. If you don't like the way it reads, override it and > define your own structure for the one occurrence of the event. > > Look in the Index of the on-line help for 'Event, Sentence'. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Military Service Event
On 2010/01/31 20:19, James Cook wrote: > What is intended to go in the description? Entering "World War II" or > "PFC US Marine Corps" doesn't look right in the generated sentence to > me. For the default template: [HeShe] served in the military [Desc]... > I've entered ", US Marine Corps," in the Description filed so that it > reads something like this: "He served in the military, US Marine Corps, > from 1940 to 1944." The notes field includes "He was wounded during the > D-Day invasion of Saipan and received the Purple Heart." However, the > added commas DO NOT look good on a FGS. What to do? > > I have maybe a dozen documents as part of his military file. I've > captured the time period, Purple Heart, branch, and could add another > sentence to the notes to include PFC. I am thinking that is the > highlights. So, what I was thinking I'd do is source all of those > documents to a single military service event. Before I go down that > road, thought I'd see if any of you would have reasons I shouldn't, but > should included multiple events for some reason, and how you would enter > the info so it appears in good form on any report. Legacy is all things to all people! There's no reason why you have to use the standard, out-of-the-box sentence structure for any single event or group of events. If you don't like the way it reads, override it and define your own structure for the one occurrence of the event. Look in the Index of the on-line help for 'Event, Sentence'. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Military Service Event
What is intended to go in the description? Entering "World War II" or "PFC US Marine Corps" doesn't look right in the generated sentence to me. For the default template: [HeShe] served in the military [Desc]... I've entered ", US Marine Corps," in the Description filed so that it reads something like this: "He served in the military, US Marine Corps, from 1940 to 1944." The notes field includes "He was wounded during the D-Day invasion of Saipan and received the Purple Heart." However, the added commas DO NOT look good on a FGS. What to do? I have maybe a dozen documents as part of his military file. I've captured the time period, Purple Heart, branch, and could add another sentence to the notes to include PFC. I am thinking that is the highlights. So, what I was thinking I'd do is source all of those documents to a single military service event. Before I go down that road, thought I'd see if any of you would have reasons I shouldn't, but should included multiple events for some reason, and how you would enter the info so it appears in good form on any report. Please advise, jc Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
